Cairo Station (Platform): Difference between revisions

In [[2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Armor|MJOLNIR Mk. VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the [[First Battle of Earth]] when thirteen Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and two [[Assault Carriers]] assaulted [[Earth]]. They tried to break through the ''Cairo'''s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Lord Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the UNSC forces from the station during the attack. Unlike the ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta Station|the Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the [[Covenant]] attempt to detonate a [[Covenant Bomb]] on board. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by [[John-117]] to destroy a Covenant assault carrier. When SPARTAN-117 returned later to [[Earth]], ''Cairo'' was still intact, but appeared damaged from the battle. Lord Hood was still on board and in command of the escalating [[Second Battle of Earth]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Great Journey (Level)#Fourth_Cinematic|The Great Journey]]</ref> The ''Cairo'', the other MAC platforms, and three [[UNSC]] [[fleets]] held firm against [[Second Battle of Earth|the onslaught of the Covenant Loyalist forces]]. It was last seen in the end of Halo 2 where Lord Terrence Hood says "You mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?" ''Cairo'' could have survived the Second Battle of Earth and could have fired on certain areas where the Covenant had a foothold on the planet, assuming the fusion generator powering it had not been destroyed in the battle.

{{Quote|When I shipped out for Basic, the orbital defense grid was all theory and politics. Now look! The Cairo is just one of three hundred geosync platforms. That [[MAC]] gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship.|[[Sergeant Johnson]]}}